Our neighbor has two dogs. One is a cocker spaniel and the other one isn’t. Every morning, about this time, she takes them for a walk around our neighborhood. They are both on a leash. One of the dogs is tall and the other isn’t.
Everyday, coming and going, the lady sees the same houses, the same lawns and the same shrubs and trees. The dogs, I’m assuming, focus on the smells, both past and present, and any wildlife they happen to spot, such as birds, squirrels and the occasional bunny.
The dog’s experience varies from day to day, while hers doesn’t. Once in a while a person walking their dog will approach from the opposite direction. When this happens, all of the dogs become vocal, announcing that someone their own size also lives in the neighborhood and isn’t that exciting?
It is this activity that functions as the neighborhood alarm clock. Now everyone is awake. There is no snooze button. The neighbor lady has not rung our doorbell, hasn’t knocked or walked in, but has indeed made herself known. She has sent sound waves in through our walls and windows, traveling down our hallways and into our bedrooms. They have entered our ears, without first wiping their feet or bringing with them – breakfast.
Should you, one day
be looking through the, Living in a Civilized Society handbook, you’ll see, at
the bottom of page 87, that the neighbor lady’s morning activity is listed as
an acceptable behavior, due to the domestication section of pet ownership and
its ripple factors.
I know. I looked it up.
ZC
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